The open multilateral trading system after World War II is regarded as a key ingredient in the rapid economic development of the entire world. Especially in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, exports increased dramatically, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of GNP. In the 1980s, however, preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) began to emerge as significant factors affecting world trade. This volume contains 13 papers which analyze the tensions between multilateral trading systems and preferential trade arrangements, and the impact of these tensions on East Asia. The first four chapters introduce PTAs conceptually and focus on the unique political issues that these agreements involve. The next five essays present more direct empirical analyses of existing PTAs and their economic effects, primarily in East Asia. The last four papers concentrate on the outcomes of individual East Asian nations' trading policies in specific instances of preferential agreements.
- ISBN10 0226386724
- ISBN13 9780226386720
- Publish Date 15 October 1997
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 20 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 426
- Language English